The Strange Countess (1961)

Original title

Die seltsame Gräfin

Directed by

Josef von Báky, Ottokar Runze, Jürgen Roland

Genre

crime film, mystery film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A countess becomes entangled in a criminal plot involving a missing inheritance. The police investigate her eerie mansion and its secrets.

mysterioussuspensefulwintryformalold-fashionedgothic-tingedmethodical

What happens

The Strange Countess (German: Die seltsame Gräfin) is a 1961 West German crime film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Lil Dagover, Joachim Fuchsberger and Marianne Hoppe. It is based on Edgar Wallace's 1925 novel of the same title, and is part of a long-running series of Wallace adaptations produced by Rialto Film. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place at the Schloss Ahrensburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Helmut Nentwig. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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